Flamboyance is Errywhere: Response to Your Word, Chadwick

First off, I love the formality of your blog, although it is on a very “racy” topic. In fact, the way in which you present your topic makes your blog all the more amusing. The Key and Peele video happened to be my favorite because it plays on the tendency for the African-American culture to have longer names, but the names presented of the different players are very unrealistic, for example, “Xmus Jaxon Flaxon-Waxon” and the other names that were pronounced by the ESPN-like news show. This is definitely racism as it mocks the long, syllable-full names that African American women tend to choose for their children. Also, the caucasian football reporters call the African American football players “flamboyant” which describes a person tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness. Flamboyance is not only in talented, African American athletes. It is displayed in every race, nationality, religion, and age. The very well known, Scott Disick, is one example of a man who is “flamboyant”. Looking from the outside, it seems as if he places his confidence in his physical appearance, wealth, women, and running million dollar businesses and managing the show, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”. Sadly enough, these are the only things occupying this man’s life and running his identity.

http://heavy.com/entertainment/2015/03/scott-disick-job-net-worth-work-do-for-a-living/

 

Response to Alex: Girl was dat holy rice?

Alex, this post is interesting to me because I have also come into contact with the different disciplinary actions taken by the parents of my friends who are of different races. That being said, I, too, think there exists stereotypes involving discipline by African-American parents versus Caucasian-American parents.

Parents of all races at some point in time will come into contact with the need to discipline their child. Discipline is imperative in order to correct a child whenever they “act a fool” so that later in life, they will be able to discern right from wrong. As a young child, I was never hit, slapped, whipped, or flogged, for discipline when I would act up, nor was I sent to kneel over rice and pray. Instead, my mother would ask me open ended questions when I misbehaved so that I personally could come to the conclusion that I had done something wrong and correct myself. The following video is an example of what I believe to be a responsible mother who fills the stereotype that African-American mothers typically use hitting and yelling as a way of disciplining their children. Although I do not agree with hitting your children for discipline, this mother uses this action well to successfully stop her son’s illegal and ruthless behavior during the riots in Baltimore earlier this year. By her intervening in this situation and DISCIPLING her son using force, she might be the reason many people walked away from the riots alive and uninjured. You go Incredi-mom! Check this out.